Lawmakers have taken it upon themselves to become the proctologists of predatory payment systems in triple A games, vowing to investigate and/or legislate prohibitions on premium loot boxes in triple A titles that can be sold to minors. This means that EA, Activision, Warner Bros., and every other major publisher looking to ravage the wallets of addict-prone gamers will be in for a rude awakening soon enough when premium loot boxes will be prohibited in any game rated ‘T’ for Teen or lower.

Beyond publishers’ monetary dreams of premium loot boxes getting trained in the alley by a gang of politicians, this week also saw a number of anti-#GamerGate villains pleading guilty to the most heinous of crimes that a human being can commit. Former Gizmodo and Forbes journalist Matt Hickey pleaded guilty to multiple counts of reduced rape charges, and former NeoGaf moderator Amir0x got peed on after pleading guilty to child porn. These disturbing stories and more in this luridly enlightening November 25th, 2017 edition of the Weekly Recap.

The pedo-lover and former NeoGaf moderator, Christopher John Goldberg, is currently awaiting sentencing in January, 2018 for looking at child pornography from the darknet. During his stay in jail his cellmate peed on Goldberg’s mattress and then threw the rest of the urine at Goldberg and the corrections officer. It’s a small taste of what Goldberg can look forward to when gets a tour of the big house for real in January. The French consumer advocacy commission, the UFC Que-Choisir, have beckoned lawmakers to step up put prohibitory measures in place to keep kids from purchasing games with premium loot boxes. On the more positive side of the news, if you’re interested in earning some extra shekels for playing video games, there’s a part-time job opening available courtesy of RWS where they’re looking for video game testers for upcoming titles. Some fans have been following Platinum Games’ creative director Hideki Kamiya on Twitter, and they think that some of his tweets have revealed that a new Viewtiful Joe game could be in the works.

Star Citizen alpha 3.0 has finally entered into the PTU. This means that gamers can finally get in some play time with the procedurally generated universe, the character customization, the various suits, the weapons, the vehicles and the exploration in the game, along with dogfighting and having some fun with friends in the great expanse of space. Everyone who is tired of microtransactions will be in for a rude awakening, as the stats show that microtransactions in freemium games have actually doubled over the last five years, and it doesn’t look like they’re slowing down anytime soon until legislation kicks in, which could have some unforeseen effects on the entire gaming industry. While gamers may be fighting back against the SJW menace, it looks like moviegoers are also doing the same, taking out their frustrations on Disney’s upcoming film A Wrinkle in Time. On the brighter side of the news, there’s a new Warhammer 40,000: Gladius game in the works that will give gamers some 4x strategy fun to experience. And the executive director at Content Creators Coalition, Jeffrey Boxer, has been ousted from the company after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced, according to Adland.tv.

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